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Author: Allan Sugarbaker

Shaman’s Handbook preview

April 11, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Roleplaying Games

The Green Ronin machine keeps crankin’ out the d20 resources, and they’ve got a preview posted of their latest, the Shaman’s Handbook. This one’s been eagerly awaited for a while now, so go get yourself a taste of the Dreamer prestige class, plus a few shaman skills and feats, and

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First Hostile Climes Approaching

April 11, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Roleplaying Games

You remember Pinnacle‘s announcement of the Hostile Climes d20 series, right? Well known writers doing cool settings that can be used with nearly any campaign… this ringing a bell yet? The environment will play a major role in each book — ah, now you remember. Well, it’s here. The first

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“Last Chance” Auction At Precedence

April 11, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker Uncategorized

According to an email we received, “A number of items of memorablia (many belonging to various Precedence employees) have been listed […] for auction beginning today.” Clicking on the auction link at the top of Precedence’s site should get you there. Sure is sad to see the company go. Someone

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Triple Threat Of New Reviews Up

April 8, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker Uncategorized

To start the week off right, we’ve got three brand new reviews up for you. First, there’s Demian’s look at Arrowflight, the new fantasy RPG from Deep 7. Then, to continue the examination of Deep7 products, Matthew gives us a review covering two items, Dime Heroes and Jungle Adventures. Finally,

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Green Ronin Plot Invasion Of Retail Stores

April 6, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker Uncategorized

Green Ronin‘s about to bust out all over store shelves near you: Shaman’s Handbook, Armies of the Abyss, and Freeport: City of Adventure (with the highly detailed map I keep mentioning) have all gone to distributors earlier this week. Meanwhile, the manuscript for Secret College of Necromancy is going into

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Gratuitous Trailing Vowels Dept.

April 5, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker Uncategorized

And then there’s KillaCampaigns, a web application for storing and sharing characters and other campaign data and handouts. I’m still trying to figure out precisely what’s going on in there, but it looks like it might be useful. But then, if my players have a harder time figuring it out

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When Gygax Speaks, People Listen

April 4, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker Uncategorized

Troll Lord Games announced The Hermit, a new D20 module by Gary Gygax. The world still has yet to see The Canting Crew, the previously announced rogueish sourcebook by Gygax. Does the old master still have it? The Hermit will apparently borrow a trick from Atlas’ Coriolis line, providing rules

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Warchon Demo Available From Z-Man

April 3, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker Uncategorized

With the Warchon PBG at the printers (no, that’s Playmark Book Game, not Peanut Butter and Gummi bears), Z-Man Games wanted to give the gaming community a pre-release taste of the upcoming game system. To that end, a PDF Warchon demo is available for all to peruse. With a little

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Citizen Games Hires Skarka As Mafia Guy

April 3, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker Uncategorized

Citizen Games has just announced the addition of Gareth-Michael Skarka as their Mafia Line Developer. You know Gareth, right? He designed Underworld, the original Hong Kong Action Theatre! and has freelanced for several other systems. Well, now he’ll be guiding the Mafia Role Playing Game, which, as the press release

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Ships And An Interrogation

April 2, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker Uncategorized

We’ve been busy lurking in the background for a while, but we’re starting April’s barrage of new OgreCave tidbits with an interview and a review. First, Demian gets some answers out of Deep7 Publishing, the folks responsible for Arrowflight, the 1PG RPGs, and the upcoming Red Dwarf RPG. Then Matthew

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Borrow The Car Contest Almost Done

March 31, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker Uncategorized

Only 2.25 hours left until 12pm PST, which will bring an end to our Car Wars “Borrow the Car” contest. Hurry and read the rules (don’t worry, they’re short) and get your entry to us before midnight on bunny day. A quick hundred words or less convincing your dad to

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OgreCave’s Car Wars Contest Nearly Over

March 29, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker Uncategorized

Only a couple days left in our “Borrow the Car” contest. If you haven’t done so already, go read the rules (don’t worry, they’re short) and get your entry to us before midnight PST on Sunday. Just a hundred words or less convincing your dad to give you the car

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Citizen Tells Us Which Witch Is Which

March 27, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker Uncategorized

Citizen Games has announced plans for Way of the Witch, a d20 sourcebook all about you-know-what. Four popular female authors (Janet Pack, Jean Rabe, Megan Robertson, and Christina Stiles) will pack the 128-page perfect bound book with new spells, prestige classes, skills, feats and other rules useful for witchcraft. Background

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GIDFA Closing Down After Semi-Successful Mission

March 27, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker Uncategorized

The Gaming Industry Disaster Fund Auction, founded by Gary Thompson of The Fiction & Fantasy Network, will be shutting down one week from today after a final grace period. Established to raise relief funds for victims of the September 11th tragedy in New York City, the Auction was a rallying

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Underworld 2nd Edition Gets Rolling

March 25, 2002 Allan Sugarbaker Uncategorized

Adamant Entertainment has announced plans for the second edition of Underworld, the property it acquired from Synister Creative Studios. Underworld Second Edition will relaunch the game with all of the original materials, plus the contents of the first supplement, DownBelow, and various other additions. The new hardcover book is scheduled

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